Sanaksar Monastery

Sanaksar monastery, 2008

The Sanaksar monastery of the Nativity of the Mother of God is located in the Russian Federation, in the Temnikov district of Republic Mordovia.

The monastery was founded in 1659. Returned to the Russian Orthodox church in 1991.

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Coordinates: 54°39′11″N 43°09′56″E / 54.65306°N 43.16556°E / 54.65306; 43.16556

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